> Perhaps it cannot be played during the music?
>
> I have tried pausing the music and hearing the menus, and I hear nothing.
> I have found that I have to stop the music to hear the speaking menus.
> Is it possible to hear the menus while the music is playing?
> I wondered if the buffer is too full for this to work.

No, it can't. We only have one buffer, can use it for music or lately to
hold the UI clips. This is mutually exclusive. Any compromise would be difficult
to implement, however it's not impossible (especially on 8 MB RAM upgraded
units). Because of the difficulties I have no plans for that.